Our Goal

A real website should not cost a small business thousands.

We started CCSS because the price of getting a local business online stopped matching what the work actually takes.

We are two people in Plano. We are not carrying a sales floor, an account management layer or a national ad budget, and we do not think a barber shop, a landscaper or a dental office should be paying for those things through their website.

The building blocks got cheap. A static site needs no database and no plugins, so it costs almost nothing to host and there is very little to go wrong. What used to justify a big number — servers, maintenance contracts, a team on standby — mostly is not there any more. The price should have followed, and for a lot of providers it has not.

So our goal is simple: a fast, secure, properly built site that a local owner can actually afford, priced once and printed on the card. You own the files. You own the domain. If you leave, you leave with your property, and nothing about your site stops working.

Where we do charge monthly, it is because something is genuinely running for you — the AI concierge answering at 11 PM, or hosting we operate. Never as a fee for the site simply continuing to exist.

What a small business site usually costs

Ranges for the options a local owner in Collin County is usually choosing between. Ours are the prices on our own cards; the others are the ranges we hear quoted, not quotes from those companies.

Typical build cost, monthly cost and ownership by type of provider
Where you get it built	To build	Every month	Who owns the site
CCSS — Scenic Site Built, handed over, yours. Host it wherever you like.	$599 one-time	Nothing	You do, outright
CCSS — Smart Site The monthly runs the assistant, not the website.	$899 one-time	$79 — the AI concierge	You do, outright
CCSS — Summit Site The one tier where we run the hosting for you.	From $1,399	$149 — hosting, care and AI	You do, outright
Website bundled with a national provider Sold alongside phone or internet service. Leaving often means leaving the site behind.	Commonly quoted from $1,500	Often $50–$200, ongoing	Usually the provider
Full-service design agency More process, more meetings, more people to pay for.	Commonly $2,500–$8,000	Varies; retainers are common	Usually you — ask first
Build it yourself on a platform Cheapest on paper. The cost is the time, and it is locked to that platform.	Your own weekends	Roughly $20–$50 for the plan	Only while you keep paying

CCSS — Scenic Site

To build: $599 one-time
Every month: Nothing
Who owns it: You do, outright

Built, handed over, yours. Host it wherever you like.

CCSS — Smart Site

To build: $899 one-time
Every month: $79 — the AI concierge
Who owns it: You do, outright

The monthly runs the assistant, not the website.

CCSS — Summit Site

To build: From $1,399
Every month: $149 — hosting, care and AI
Who owns it: You do, outright

The one tier where we run the hosting for you.

Website bundled with a national provider

To build: Commonly quoted from $1,500
Every month: Often $50–$200, ongoing
Who owns it: Usually the provider

Sold alongside phone or internet service. Leaving often means leaving the site behind.

Full-service design agency

To build: Commonly $2,500–$8,000
Every month: Varies; retainers are common
Who owns it: Usually you — ask first

More process, more meetings, more people to pay for.

Build it yourself on a platform

To build: Your own weekends
Every month: Roughly $20–$50 for the plan
Who owns it: Only while you keep paying

Cheapest on paper. The cost is the time, and it is locked to that platform.

Ranges are what business owners tell us they have been quoted locally, gathered from our own conversations rather than from published price lists, and they move around. Always ask any provider — including us — for their current price in writing before you commit.

Been quoted something higher? Send us what is in it and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth the difference — even when the answer is yes.

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